Machine for coiling wire



(No Model.)

W. EDENBORN.

- MACHINE FOR OOILING WIRE. No. 429,512. Patented June 3, 1890.

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WVILLIAM EDENBORN, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

MACHINE FOR COILING WIRE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 429,512, dated June 3, 1890.

Application filed October 9,1889. Serial No. 326,427. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM EDENBORN, of the city of St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Machines for Coiling lVire, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification.

My invention relates to an improved device for coiling wire as it comes from the finishing-rolls; and my invention consists in features of novelty hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

Figure I is a Vertical section through a pair of rolls illustrating my invention, principally in elevation, but partially in section. Fig. II is a top View. Fig. III is an enlarged vertical section of the outer end of the distributing tube.

Referring to the drawings, 1 represents a pair of rolls through which the wire passes just before being coiled. From the rolls the wire passes through a pipe or tube 2 3. This pipe 2 3 is preferably made in two sections, one telescoping the other, as shown clearly in Fig. I. The part 2 of the pipe is preferably rigidly secured to v a supporting-standard 4, and the part 3 of the pipe is supported on grooved friction-rollers 5, journaled in an arm to the arm 6 by a plate or strap 11, the pipe fitting the groove of the roller 10. It will thus be seen that while the part 3 of the tube is held from vertical movement it is free to move endwise in its supporting-rollers 5 and 10, and it is also free to move laterally by the turning of the journal 7 in the standard 8.

13 represents a pin secured to the part 3 of the pipe, preferably by means of a collar 14, and fitting on this pin is a box 15, (see Fig. 11,) which is received'by a socket 16 in a crank 17, secured to a shaft 18. The shaft 18 is journaled in boxes 19, by which it is secured to a suitable support, and this shaft may be operated or turned by any suitable means. I have shown it operated by a main drivingshaft 20, provided with a pulley 21, and having beveled gear-connection 22 with the shaft 18. It will thus be seen that as the shaft 18 is turned the crank 17 will impart a circular movement to the outer end of the part 3 of the tube, the tube moving endwise on its supporting-rollers 5 10 and moving laterally by the. supporting-arms 6 turning on the standard 8. The outer end of the part 3 of the tube is turned downwardly, as shown at 23, Fig. I, and the extreme end is preferably provided with a hardened bushing 24-, which is secured into the end of the tube, and which may be removed and replaced by another when worn.

Beneath t-he outer end of the tube is placed a cone-shaped body 25, and around this cone the wire is wound by the movement of the tube 3, the outer end of the tube describing a circle around the cone. Outside of the cone is an apron or support 26, upon which the wire rests as it comes from the tube, The

cone is pivotally supported by means of an arbor or pin 27, so as to permit it to move from the position shown in full lines, Fig. I, to the position shown in dotted lines, and it is thus moved when the desired amount of Wire has been coiled-around it for the purpose of allowing the coil to be easily removed from the apron or support 26. An endless belt or apron 28 may be located on suitable supporting rollers or drums near the support 26, for the purpose of carrying the coils away. The apron or belt' 28 may be provided with teeth or projections 29 for engaging the coils. The cone 25 is held in its proper position by means of a lever 30, pivoted at 31 to the under side of the support 26, and secured by means of an arm or crank 32 and a link 33 to the arbor or pin 27 the arbor or pin being extended, as shown in Fig. II, to throw the lever to one side of the cone 25, so as not to interfere with the coiling of the wire around the cone. It will be understood that when the outer end of the lever 30 is depressed the cone 25 will be elevated intousing position, as the pin or arbor 27, to which the lever is connected, also carries the cone 25.

34 represents a spring-catch, under which the outer end of the lever 30 may be engaged to hold the cone 25 in its using position. The

shaft 27 may be provided with a counter-balance 35, to assist in elevating the cone 25 to its using position.

The opening in the inner end ofthe part 3 of the tube is elongated or enlarged in a horizontal direction, as shown in Fig. II, so that the part 2 of the tube does not interfere with the horizontal oscillation of the part 3 of the tube.

My invention does not relate, per se, to the manner of turning the crank 17, and the means I have shown that is, the shafts 18 and 20, pulley 21 and gearing ESE-may be varied Without affecting the essential features of the invention.

I claim as my invention- 1. In a Wire-coiling machine, the combination of a horizontal tube, a pivoted arm provided with friction-rollers for supporting the tube, a crank for imparting a horizontal circular motion to the outer end of the tube, and a body around which the wire is coiled, sub stantially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a wire-coiling machine, the combination of a distributing-tube, a pivoted arm provided with friction-rollers supporting the tube, and a friction-roller above the tube supported from the arm, a pin secured to the outer end of the tube, a crank connected to the pin, a shaft for turning the crank, and a body around which the Wire is coiled, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In a wire-coiling machine, the combination of a distributing-tube, means for operatin g the tub e, a pivot-ally-mounted body around 'which the wire is coiled by the tube, and a lever for moving the body, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

4-. In a wire-coiling machine, the combination of a distributing-tube, means for moving the tube, a pivoted body around which the wire is coiled by the tube, provided with a counter-balance, and a lever for moving the body, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. In a wire-coiling" machine, the combination of a distributing-tube, means for moving the tube, a pivoted bodyaround which the wire is coiled by the tube, means for moving' the body, and a carrying-apron 28, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

6. In a Wire-coiling machine, the combination of a horizontal distributing-tube pivotally supported, and means for imparting movement to the outer end of the distributing-tube in a horizontal plane for coiling the Wire, substantially as set forth.

\VM. EDENBORN.

In presence of,

E. S. KNIGHT, BENJN. A. KNIGHT. 

